Delimb

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cut the limbs from. transitive

    "Statues are decapitated and delimbed, hacksawed into pieces that can be carried off and sold for their weight, not their grace."

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"Statues are decapitated and delimbed, hacksawed into pieces that can be carried off and sold for their weight, not their grace."

Etymology

From de- + limb.

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